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[ShoesandHats]

Why do you have air intakes there?

Don't aerospike engines benefit from air intakes? Either way, this launcher managed to get my lander to mars, so I hope it'll work for the rovers.

[Nao]

Not sure if this has already been linked, but this looks pretty good: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/24926-0-19-Kerbal-LiveFeed-Passive-Multiplayer-Plugin-Client-Server-v0-6-1

Wow that's great, i just spent several hours on the kerbalSP.com server, even some of the devs were there. From what they told there are no plans for any official multiplayer until the game is very close to completion but that's not stopping such initiatives

I's very cool mod but more of a interactive chatroom with screenshot sharing capability, not really a multilpayer yet but still very fun. Thanks for sharing greatorder!

[ShoesandHats]

Well, forgot that Rover Cleveland didn't have a nuclear engine on his second-to-last stage, so instead I landed him on Minmus. Still! First rovers I've built that actually got to rove on another planet/moon.

[Karlito]

Why do you have air intakes there?

Don't aerospike engines benefit from air intakes? Either way, this launcher managed to get my lander to mars, so I hope it'll work for the rovers.

I don't think so; they consume oxidizer like other rocket engines.

[10ebbor10]

Nope, aerospike don't use intake air.

[DrPoo]

The idea with an aerospike is that they have a better ISP in atmosphere because of their nozzle design.

[10ebbor10]

Yup, IRL, the normal rocket engines are optimized to function between a certain pressure (and corresponding altitude), and are therefore less efficient at other altitudes. The aerospike works equally well across the board. It's efficiency is lower than a normal nozzle at that nozzle's optimal altitude, but it makes up for it during the rest of the ascent.

[forsaken1111]

Also, I tried to use mechjeb to get it into a 100Km orbit around minmus. Mechjeb tried to get into a 100Km orbit around kerbol >.<

Which version of mechjeb are you using? I've never had it detect the SOI incorrectly. If you're using the 2.x prerelease then ensure you remove all maneuver nodes before telling it to plot new ones.

[PTTG??]

I had a satellite with some of those tiny rockomax side thrusters polar-orbiting Duna. After I completed my duna survey, I wanted to transfer to Ike into the same orbit, but I discovered that my 1000 m/s delta-v wouldn't even change from pole to equitorial, let alone give me enough fuel for a transfer.

Then I realized, I just needed to wait for Ike to be in the right place, and I could launch myself over Duna's north pole and come down onto Ike right into my desired orbit.

It was glorious- it was only 500 m/s for the entire maneuver. Now that I have the maps, I have to pick a good landing place for my permanent Duna mission.

[ShoesandHats]

Well, thank god that RCS is enough to flip these rovers over. Both of them would have been dead by now if not for that.

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[forsaken1111]

I've constructed a 6 satellite comms network in orbit of kerbin as I'm using the remotetech mod which requires an unbroken signal line to mission control for unmanned craft to function and even works in the lightspeed signal delay if you are manually piloting.

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I'll probably add a few more to round out the orbits but with this setup I can get a clear line back to mission control from anywhere in orbit. They are on a 55 degree 1435km orbit with launches spaced 1 hour apart, 6 sats because kerbin has a 6 hour day. Now if I put at least 2 sats up in an equatorial orbit with dishes aimed at the mun, I should be able to send remote controlled vessels out there. First step will be to land a Munar tracking and relay station with a dish pointed back at Kerbin.

[Dutchling]

That mod sounds like hell o.O

[forsaken1111]

That mod sounds like hell o.O

I enjoy it because it adds some realistic requirements and infrastructure you must set up before you can blast remote probes all over. I'm trying to play realistically so no suicide missions and we always bring kerbonauts home. Remote probes are handy but they shouldn't realistically be able to react instantly to your commands when you are several light minutes or more away.

[Dutchling]

I wonder how mechjeb handles that mod.

[Lightningfalcon]

That mod sounds awesome.